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The body politic can not be sound and healthy if many of its constituent members claim their standing through the prostitution of the high right and calling of citizenship.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The body politic can not be sound and healthy if many of its constituent members claim their standing through the…”
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Roosevelt warns that the integrity of the nation is compromised when citizenship is misused or fraudulently obtained.
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